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ScottCounseling.com was created to serve you and provide solutions for your everyday problems.  ScottCounseling has trained, licensed, professional counselors available to assist you with options that will successfully bring about a solution for your counseling need.  ScottCounseling has help hundreds of individuals with questions about:

Children and Teens  Anxiety  Marriage  Depression  ADD/ADHD  Academic and Schools

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Don’t Be Afraid To Ask For Help

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There are many myths about what Counseling. Most of them come from some outdated ideas about psychology and psychotherapy. Unfortunately, images of old men in beards, clients on couches and patients in asylums still define what counseling is for many individuals who might benefit from what counseling offers today. So, What is counseling?
Counseling is a unique relationship in which the Counselor helps someone identify a problem and work together to discover strategies or utilize techniques to problem-solve. One counselor stated that his job is to hold up a mirror for the client to see himself or herself in. “We all have experiences in which we can’t see things about ourselves… Continue Reading

Being a parent of an intelligent child is great. Being comforted by the fact that having a smart child often leads to a more optimistic chance of the child succeeding in school, securing a better job and becoming more capable of problem-solving everyday challenges is often a wishful thought for many parents. But, we all know that high intelligence does not necessarily guarantee success in school, future jobs and social experiences; we all have met or know individuals who are smart yet unsuccessful. So is high intelligence or possessing a high IQ that important? Yes and no. Simply put, having a high IQ without some emotional intelligence may be of little or no value in life. So, what is emotional intelligence, or E… Continue Reading

Summer is coming and your child is anxious to quit school on a sour note. You keep telling your child to “finish strong, or else!” Parents searching for some parenting tips to keep your child in the “learning mode” will find this advice article helpful.

Parenting Tips To Ending The School Year On A Positive Note

Be Encouraging

It hard to be positive when your child is not doing as well as he or she should be doing in school. Be encouraging means to:

Remain calm
Avoid lecturing
Provide positive options
Listen to your child
Remind the child that he or she can do better
Be patient

Communicate With Teachers

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Helping your teen learn to become accountable for their behavior is important. One methods that can be used to accomplish this goal it to put together a Teen Family Contract. The purpose of any contract is to establish some formal understanding of a desired outcome. Establishing a Teen family Contract will bring about a purposeful understanding that may be referred to often when problem arise and clarification of rules, boundaries and desired outcomes need to be re-examined for the welfare of the teen and family members.

Purpose of a Teen Family Contract

A Teen Family Contract is a written set of expectations that adults have of their teens. The contract includes basic rules, consequences and privileges.

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Part of parenting and raising a child in a world that includes harsh and sometimes traumatic situations, involves preparation. A child’s development should include a parent’s recognition and prepared reaction that will assist the child and family during trauma. Dr. Caron Goode’s article, “Helping Children Cope with Trauma,” provides insights and solutions for parents who want to know what to do before a trauma occurs and how to help a child cope with the situation.

Helping Children Cope with Trauma

Whether a personal trauma or a national tragedy, like the one we have recently endured, our children suffer. Whether their suffering manifests as overt misbehavior or in quiet reticence, we can help… Continue Reading